Columbus man: Blacks shouldn't pay taxes

COLUMBUS - The Internal Revenue Service is being sued by a 64-year-old man who argues that black taxpayers deserve a refund on all taxes paid since 1913.

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William Wright, a black attorney who says he has endured racism all his life, filed a lawsuit this week in U.S. District Court in Columbus, naming the IRS and federal government. He seeks $25,000 in taxes he's paid since 1963, plus a refund for all taxes paid by black people since a tax code was passed in 1913.